From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 19:55:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EC2F16A4D3 for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 19:55:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D2F543D1F for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 19:55:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from Nomad (nat-server.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.245]) i4C2m0FY011720; Tue, 11 May 2004 21:48:00 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) From: "Eric Crist" To: "'Bruce Hunter'" , Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:54:26 -0500 Message-ID: <003d01c437cc$70d83490$6401a8c0@Nomad> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-Reply-To: <40A15B44.8010206@solisix.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Connecting to a headless system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 02:55:13 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Hunter Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:01 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Connecting to a headless system I have installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 using the headless install method. My problem is this. I can't get the login prompt when connecting using cu -l /dev/cuaa0, after the install /reboot. I did setup ssh, but I can't connect using ssh and root. I did not setup another account, so I have to get in and install an account. I did get single user up, but I have limited commands and it won't allow me to adduser.?? When I boot up under default, it just holds at the date and time. Please help? Or any ideas of what I should be doing differently. Bruce Bruce, You need to mount all the correct file systems before you can add users to the system. By default, only the root / partition is mounted, and that is read-only. Once you mount the other filesystems, you should have no problems. Also, I usually have -Dh in my /boot.config file, and enable cuaa0 as a secure terminal (disabled by default). You can change this in /etc/ttys. HTH Eric F Crist